 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 4961914Full view - About this book
 | Bride - 1835 - 134 pages
...so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,... | |
 | 1836 - 900 pages
...eventually clothe a man with rags. Industry is embodied in the character of Lemuel's virtuous woman. " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships 1 she bringetb. her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...that he shall have no need of spoil. " She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. " She is like the merchants' ships, she bringeth her food from afar. " She riseth also while it is yet night,... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...so coarse a texture, let me remind you, prithee, of King Lemuel's description of a virtuous wife : " She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." " She perceiveth * " Anglo-Norman Antiquities," p. 79; and " Appendix," p. 2. that her merchandise is good... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...so coarse a texture, let me remind you, prithee, of King Lemuel's description of a virtuous wife : " She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." " She perceiveth • " Anglo-Norman Antiquities," p. 79; and " Appendix," p. 2. that her merchandise is good... | |
 | Child rearing - 1838 - 602 pages
...known in the gates, as he sitteth among the elders. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household. She layeth her hands to the spindle,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...almost an act of duty; it forms a prominent part in the exquisite description given of a virtuous woman in the Book of Proverbs. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchant's ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pages
...spun and wove by her own hand t "She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; she maketh fine linen. Many daughters have done virtuously ;... | |
 | 1841 - 404 pages
...The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her; She will do him good, and not evil all her life; She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands: She is like merchants' ships, she bringeth food from afar; She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth... | |
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